AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic preferred a move to Real Madrid
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed through his book that he initially preferred a move to nine-time Champions League winners, Real Madrid. Before moving to AC Milan, the Swede was the number 9 at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604. However, he completed his San Siro move after just
12 months with the Spanish champions.
In "I am http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029", the autobiography, the AC Milan forward had much to reveal. The book is set to be released on November 15. Needless to say its arrival is eagerly awaited. The details offered in the book cover almost everything in the 30-year-old’s
career.
A major part of the book reportedly focuses on the Swede’s time with Barcelona. Ibrahimovic was signed by the Catalans in the summer of 2009 for a reported sum of €69.5 million, in a move that saw Samuel Eto’o move to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan in a player-plus-cash deal.
However, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 international could not perform as well as was expected of him. Zlatan has blamed Pep Guardiola for his shortcomings. he has even gone ahead and mentioned Lionel Messi’s name. Ibra has revealed that he felt badly mistreated by the manager.
The former Ajax forward has stated that he was ‘bullied’ by Guardiola. According to the book, Ibra even threatened to beat up the Spanish mentor, a fact which was also reported by Barcelona vice-president, Josep Maria.
Several revelations include how Ibra once told the Barcelona head coach that he had ‘no balls’ and that he was afraid of Jose Mourinho, who was the Inter Milan manager at that time.
Zlatan has revealed in the book that he wanted a move to Real Madrid. An excerpt from the book reads:
"The president said: 'I understand the situation. Which club do you want to join?' I replied: 'Madrid.' Rosell replied: 'That is not possible. You can go anywhere but there.'"
Consequently, he was transferred to AC Milan on a loan.
"Rosell, [Milan vice-president http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adriano-c3773] Galliani, [agent Mino Raiola], my lawyer and [Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria] Bartomeu were all there, and Sandro said: 'I want you to know that this is the worst piece of business I have conducted in my life.'
I replied: 'It's the result of bad leadership." The books reveals a few more juice details.
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